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Fly business class on the points you already have. The lie-flat seat to Tokyo is closer than you think.

I research award flights and hotels using the points you already hold, then hand you 2 to 3 strong options with exact booking steps. Or I book the whole thing for you. The trip you keep talking yourself out of is closer than the cash price made it look.

Sample result: JFK to London in business for ~92,000 points + ~$280. About $4,500 off the ~$4,800 cash fare. Illustrative example.

See how it works

A $75 deposit starts the work and is credited toward your fee (tiers run $300 to $750) when I find options worth booking. I work from the balances you tell me. I never need your account logins.

Sample result · illustrative example, not a past booking

Route

JFK to LHR

Business class
Best value Option A
  • ~92,000 points + ~$280 in taxes and fees
  • Transfer path: Chase Ultimate Rewards to a partner program
  • Cash fare it replaces: ~$4,800
You save ≈ $4,520 vs cash

Option B

  • ~104,000 points + ~$150 in taxes and fees
  • Transfer path: Amex Membership Rewards to a partner program
  • Cash fare it replaces: ~$4,800

This is an example of what a delivered option looks like. Your real options depend on your dates, your route, and the points you hold.

How it works

From your trip to bookable seats, in four steps.

Four steps. You're in it for the first one, then you wait while I do the rest.

  1. Step 1

    Tell me the trip

    Tell me where you're going, when, and what points you have. Chase, Amex, Capital One, Citi, plus any airline and hotel balances. The intake form takes a few minutes. A $75 deposit starts the work.

  2. Step 2

    I do the searching

    I work the transfer-partner maze and hunt real award space across the major points banks and the airline and hotel programs they feed. It's the tedious part, and it's the part that actually finds the seat, including the seats that quietly vanish the second a DIY search reaches for them.

  3. Step 3

    You get 2 to 3 real options

    On a 48 to 72 hour standard turnaround, I send you 2 to 3 strong options. Each one shows the points cost, the taxes, the transfer path, and exact step-by-step booking instructions. Real options you can act on, not theory.

  4. Step 4

    You book, or I book it for you

    Follow the instructions yourself, or add full booking for $200 and I'll handle everything. Either way, the seat you assumed you couldn't afford is now a seat you can confirm.

Why this works

Why work with me instead of doing it yourself

I only take requests I believe I can help with

I screen every request before I take the tier fee. If your dates and points won't produce something worth booking, I tell you up front. That's not a guarantee. It's how I keep from wasting your money and my time.

You get real options, not theory

The web is full of "this route is sometimes available" advice. I send you award space I've actually found, with the cost beside the cash fare it replaces, so you can see the value gap before you book.

Instructions you can follow yourself

Every option comes with exact steps: which points to transfer, where, and how to complete the booking. You stay in control of your accounts the whole time. Prefer to hand it off? Add booking for $200 and I do it for you.

One person, doing this carefully

This isn't a faceless service or an algorithm. It's one person who does this for a living, working your trip personally. I work from the balances you tell me. I never need your account logins.

Sound like the help you've been wanting?

Sample deliverable

What you actually receive

Here's the shape of a delivered option. Clear enough that you could book it yourself in a few minutes. This is an illustrative example, not a past booking.

Trip

Two travelers, business class, JFK to Tokyo (HND), late September

Best value Option A
Airline
[Partner airline] business class
Points
~150,000 points for two one-way seats
Taxes and fees
~$160
Cash fare it replaces
~$8,400 for the two seats
Transfer path
Move points from Chase Ultimate Rewards to the airline's program. Transfers usually post within a few minutes to a few hours.
You save versus the cash fare ≈ $8,240

Booking steps

  1. 1Confirm the seats are still showing on [the program's site] before you transfer. I'll show you exactly where to look.
  2. 2Transfer ~150,000 points from Chase to the airline.
  3. 3Once the points post, search the same dates and select the seats.
  4. 4Pay the ~$160 in taxes and confirm. Save your confirmation number.

Option B

A second routing on different dates or a different program, in case Option A space moves before you book.

Notes from me

Award space can change between delivery and booking. I'll flag which option is most stable and what to do if a seat moves. Every delivery includes 2 to 3 options for exactly this reason.

Want one of these for your trip?

Pricing

Priced by how hard your trip is to research

Every tier includes 2 to 3 curated options with detailed booking instructions. A $75 deposit begins the work and is credited toward your fee the moment I send you something you'd actually book.

Simple trips

$300

Economy, 1 to 2 people, one destination.

2 to 3 options with booking instructions.

Recommended

Premium trips

$500

Business or first class, 1 to 2 people.

2 to 3 options with booking instructions.

Complex trips

$750

Families of 4+, multi-city, or difficult routing.

2 to 3 options with booking instructions.

Hotel-only research

$200

Award and points hotel stays. I find the nights, the transfer path, and what the cash rate would have cost.

2 to 3 options with booking instructions.

Full booking service — +$200. I book it for you. You don't touch a thing.

Rush research — +$100. 24-hour turnaround instead of the standard 48 to 72 hours.

Multi-city or open-jaw routing — +$150. Adds multi-city or open-jaw legs to a Simple or Premium request. Already included in Complex trips.

The $75 deposit starts the research and pays for the search itself. If I deliver options worth booking, it is credited toward your tier fee, so a $500 premium trip means $75 to begin and $425 on delivery, not $575 total. If I genuinely can't find viable options, you owe nothing further, but the deposit is not returned, because it covered the work.

Free guide

Not ready for a full request? Start with the cheat sheet.

The award sweet spots I would book right now, with the points cost beside the cash fare each one replaces. The same research I do for clients, condensed into a one-page reference. No charge.

  • Five business and first-class sweet spots, with points cost and the cash fare each replaces.
  • Which transferable points feed each one (Chase, Amex, Citi, Capital One, Bilt).
  • The catch on each: surcharges, how tight the award space is, and when to book.

Where should I send it?

One email with the guide. No spam, and you can unsubscribe anytime.

A note from me

Hi, I'm Daniel.

I started doing this because I kept watching friends with hundreds of thousands of points talk themselves out of the trip they actually wanted. They'd look at an $8,000 cash fare, close the tab, and book economy with a connection instead. The points sat there. The trip got smaller.

Here's the part most people miss: the front of the plane is usually a research problem, not a money problem. The points are already in the account. The seat is often there too. What's missing is the hour or two of patient hunting through transfer partners and award calendars that most people don't want to do.

So I do it.

I take a small number of requests at a time so I can give each one real attention. I only take the ones I believe I can help with. And I keep it honest: I'd rather tell you up front that your dates are tough than take your fee and hand you a dead end.

[Optional, fill in only if true: a sentence on your background, the programs you know best, or why points travel matters to you.]

Reach me directly at daniel@bullcitymarketing.com.

FAQ

Questions worth asking before you start

For a premium-cabin trip, the points cost can be a fraction of a four-figure cash fare, and the difference between a good redemption and a mediocre one is often worth more than the fee itself. You're paying for the hours of transfer-partner hunting you'd otherwise spend, plus the judgment to tell a stable award seat from one that won't survive the transfer wait. If your trip is simple and you enjoy the research, you may not need me. If it's a business or first-class trip you keep putting off, the fee usually pays for itself in the gap between points and cash.
It's part of it. The $75 starts the research and pays for the search itself. If I deliver options worth booking, it is credited toward your tier fee. So a $500 premium trip means $75 to begin and $425 on delivery, not $575 total. The deposit isn't a sales gimmick. It's how I make sure the people I research for are serious, which is how I'm able to take requests one at a time and give each one real attention.
First, I try not to get there. I only take requests I believe I can help with, and I'll tell you up front if your dates and points look tough. The $75 deposit pays for the search itself. If I genuinely can't find viable options after searching, you owe nothing further, only the deposit that covered the work, and it is not returned because the searching is what it paid for. You'll never get a surprise bill for a trip I couldn't deliver.
The transferable bank currencies are the core of what I do: Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, Capital One miles, and Citi ThankYou points. I also work with the airline and hotel programs those points transfer into, plus balances you already hold directly. Tell me everything you have on the intake form and I'll work across all of it.
Award space moves, and I won't pretend otherwise. That's exactly why I send 2 to 3 options instead of one, and why I flag which one is most stable. Each option includes a step that has you confirm the seats are still showing before you transfer any points, so you're never moving points toward space that's already gone. If you'd rather not manage that timing yourself, add full booking for $200 and I'll handle the transfer and the confirmation.
Good award research takes real searching across multiple programs and dates. 48 to 72 hours is how long it takes to do that well rather than fast. If your dates are tight, add rush research for $100 and I'll turn it around in 24 hours. Either way, I'd rather give you a true timeframe than a number I can't stand behind.

You have the points. Let me find the seat.

The seat is usually closer than the cash price made it look. Tell me where you want to go, and I'll tell you what your points can actually do.

A $75 deposit begins the work and is credited toward your fee once I find seats you can act on. I work from the balances you tell me. I never need your account logins.